Teen sniper Malvo sentenced to life in prison

News and Observer ^ | March 10, 2004 11:57AM | MATTHEW BARAKAT/AP

[martin_fierro]

That little pr*ck got off light.

[chachacha]

What a Shame. A firing squad was appropriate, Even better, a hanging! Another reason why the justice system needsd revamping.

[CindyDawg]

They all need to try him in case one state decides to change the life without parole option.

[sr4402]

What was Malvo's age when caught?

[Jeff Head]

It's not over for him yet. Let's see what Alabama and Louisiana do. Perhpas they will put him down...that's what he deserves.

Billy the kid started his killing a lot earlier than Malvo...and it was a shoot on site order forn him.

[mykdsmom]

He was 17 then.

[martin_fierro]

True dat.

[Sacajaweau]

Frankly, I think once they execute the big boy, the little boy will sing like a canary. We might just find out that there's a Terrorist connection yet. His drawings were of such excellence and of such intensity, he must have spent a lot of time consumming info on Usama to produce them.

[rickmichaels]

"Just like I said at the beginning, I had nothing to do with this, and I'll say again, I had nothing to do with this."

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss...."

[SengirV]

Maybe I'm turning soft in my old age. But I think that life in prison without a chance of parole is fitting. This guy(won't call him a kid) has been brainwashed by his "dad" since he was a kid. This whole thing was not his idea, he was told a million times it was us against them and his "dad" gave him a gun.

I have no problem giving his "dad" the death penalty, but something seems a little wrong about giving him the death penalty. Call me a Pinko Commie all you want, but being brainwashed takes the death penalty off the table for me.

[OXENinFLA]

This was just one court, he can still be tried and sentanced to DEATH in other cases in other states.

[Rocky Mountain High]

You're not a pinko, but do think you'd feel different if it was your wife who took a 5.56 in the head as you were walking out of Home Depot?

[Senormechanico]

Riiight! And I suppose he was a "victim" being black, a homo, and muslim.
I would pay a buck to be the one to flip on the juice on the electric chair for that piece of garbage.

SM

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Frankly, I agree. Actually, in spite of what he did, I feel sorry for the kid. Which is not to say I think he should ever walk the streets again.

Kids are pliable. If an adult, especially a charismatic one, wants to turn a kid into a murderer, he can do it.

As for Muhammad, I think HE was the one who got off light. Like someone else suggested (except more so), I think he should have to pump gas for a few weeks, never knowing when the bullet would come, and then be shot and taken to the hospital a couple of times before the final blow, which would be a gut wound with him left to slowly bleed to death on the pavement.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Kids are pliable. If an adult, especially a charismatic one, wants to turn a kid into a murderer, he can do it.

By all accounts I ever heard, Malvo was described as a polite, well-mannered boy who didn't get into trouble before his association with Muhammad. Except for Muhammad's influence, it sounds like he could've turned out to be a law-abiding citizen.

Under my care, Malvo would've ended up an honest businessman and a freeper...

[hattend]

Did anyone else hear the ABC radio news report (Top of Rush's 3rd hour) where Malvo's attorney has told him to be polite, stay out of trouble in prison and imagine his incarceration to be similar to that suffered by Mandela?

Holy crap. Are we going to see him on the street again?

[SengirV]

Never said he was a victim. If I believe he was a victim, I'd be calling for him to go to a mental institution instead. I am not. Life with no hope of parole is not a vacation.

[SengirV]

You're not a pinko, but do think you'd feel different if it was your wife who took a 5.56 in the head as you were walking out of Home Depot?

You are correct, I just might. But the brainwashing mastermind is going to be put to death and the brainwashed "son" is going to jail for the rest of his life(it better be). I believe that justice is served by this.

[tob2]

I think he should have gotten the death penalty also. He's the trigger man.